About The Big Bible Project
From 2010–2015, the BigBible Project sought to host conversations about the Bible through local reading groups & online conversations. Since 2016, the project has taken a slightly different focus, hosting discussion from experts on Biblical Literacy and Biblical Reception in a Digital World. The 2010–2015 archive can be found here.
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Poem Archive
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![Lord of life, I ask for a gift I never want to need or use: the gift of courage. I pray for it for myself, as with uncertainty I look towards an unknown future, wondering where and when I will […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Take_Courage-115x115.jpg "#BIGRead14: Courage (Read by @GabriellaRusso)")
#BIGRead14: Courage (Read by @GabriellaRusso)
Posted on April 10, 2014 | 2 CommentsLord of life, I ask for a gift I never want to need or use: the gift of courage. I pray for it for myself, as with uncertainty I look towards an unknown future, wondering where and when I will […] -
![This is a big ask, but I dare to ask for patience for myself. For a sense of the right pace and the right time. Help me to develop a deep sense of the way your providence unfolds, its moments […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Patience-115x115.jpg "#BIGRead14: Patience (Read by @findmystyle)")
#BIGRead14: Patience (Read by @findmystyle)
Posted on April 6, 2014 | 3 CommentsThis is a big ask, but I dare to ask for patience for myself. For a sense of the right pace and the right time. Help me to develop a deep sense of the way your providence unfolds, its moments […] -
![Over the years, it has all become so familiar. I painted the walls, put up the shelves. We chose curtains together and carpets. Every room has seen domestic drama. I’ve been unwell here and recovered again. I’ve read and worked. […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/House_for_sale_sign__Cotswolds__UK-115x115.jpg "#BIGRead14: Moving House (Read by @paulblakey)")
#BIGRead14: Moving House (Read by @paulblakey)
Posted on March 20, 2014 | 3 CommentsOver the years, it has all become so familiar. I painted the walls, put up the shelves. We chose curtains together and carpets. Every room has seen domestic drama. I’ve been unwell here and recovered again. I’ve read and worked. […] -
![It’s my turn to speak today. And I am certain of two things. that I will feel underprepared. that I will be inclined to say too much. Moderate my anxieties. Consolidate my thoughts. Calm my mind and let the words […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Romans_10_9_11-115x115.jpg "#BIGRead14: Speaking Day (Read by @rosieswiss)")
#BIGRead14: Speaking Day (Read by @rosieswiss)
Posted on March 19, 2014 | 3 CommentsIt’s my turn to speak today. And I am certain of two things. that I will feel underprepared. that I will be inclined to say too much. Moderate my anxieties. Consolidate my thoughts. Calm my mind and let the words […] -
![Lord, let this be a listening day. Let me be attentive. Start me with silence. Let me put my ear to the breeze, the sky, the hum of traffic, the distant work. Let me connect with birdsong, irritating insect buzz, […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Busy_Bee-115x115.jpg "#BIGRead14: Listening Day (Read by @cellist79)")
#BIGRead14: Listening Day (Read by @cellist79)
Posted on March 18, 2014 | 2 CommentsLord, let this be a listening day. Let me be attentive. Start me with silence. Let me put my ear to the breeze, the sky, the hum of traffic, the distant work. Let me connect with birdsong, irritating insect buzz, […] -
![This is not a special occasion. There is no form, no dress-code. Nothing seems at stake, though I know it is. This is not a real time. More a break, a gap, an interval, an interlude, perhaps. A grown-up’s vestige […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Cafe_Tower-115x115.jpg "#BIGRead14: Coffee Break (Read by Caroline Welby)")
#BIGRead14: Coffee Break (Read by Caroline Welby)
Posted on March 17, 2014 | 3 CommentsThis is not a special occasion. There is no form, no dress-code. Nothing seems at stake, though I know it is. This is not a real time. More a break, a gap, an interval, an interlude, perhaps. A grown-up’s vestige […] -
![I am beside myself with delight. But also feeling awkward and embarrassed. I was not expecting this, though it is not entirely undeserved. I have been thanked this day sincerely, appropriately, unnecessarily. So the thanks came as a surprise and […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Receiving_Hands_Two-115x115.jpg "#BIGRead14: On Receiving Thanks (Read by @h_ahartley)")
#BIGRead14: On Receiving Thanks (Read by @h_ahartley)
Posted on March 16, 2014 | 2 CommentsI am beside myself with delight. But also feeling awkward and embarrassed. I was not expecting this, though it is not entirely undeserved. I have been thanked this day sincerely, appropriately, unnecessarily. So the thanks came as a surprise and […] -
![That we may be given the prudence to seek your truth, however uncomfortable or unsettling. Lord of the dawn: Shine on your world. That we may be given the courage to work for economic and social justice. Lord of the […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Luke_1_79-115x115.jpg "#BIGRead14: Litany for a New Day (Read by Roger Williams)")
#BIGRead14: Litany for a New Day (Read by Roger Williams)
Posted on March 15, 2014 | 3 CommentsThat we may be given the prudence to seek your truth, however uncomfortable or unsettling. Lord of the dawn: Shine on your world. That we may be given the courage to work for economic and social justice. Lord of the […] -
![The day is planned. Its priorities established. The diary, like a section through a landscape, has been built up over time. Layers laid down. But that does not make it interesting, exciting or in any way promising. To be […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Planning_Ahead-115x115.jpg "#BIGRead14: The Day Looks Dull (Read by Sr Philippa, Stanbrook Abbey)")
#BIGRead14: The Day Looks Dull (Read by Sr Philippa, Stanbrook Abbey)
Posted on March 14, 2014 | 3 CommentsThe day is planned. Its priorities established. The diary, like a section through a landscape, has been built up over time. Layers laid down. But that does not make it interesting, exciting or in any way promising. To be […] -
![‘May this day be blessed.’ I do not know what that means in advance. I am asking for happiness, but not for anything superficial. ‘May this day be blessed.’ I hope it will be indeed. But how? I am asking […]](http://archive.bigbible.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/BLESSING_Letters_Small_size-115x115.jpg "#BIGRead14: May This Day Be Blessed (Read by @PsychodelicEle)")
#BIGRead14: May This Day Be Blessed (Read by @PsychodelicEle)
Posted on March 13, 2014 | 4 Comments‘May this day be blessed.’ I do not know what that means in advance. I am asking for happiness, but not for anything superficial. ‘May this day be blessed.’ I hope it will be indeed. But how? I am asking […]
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